El-Hibri, Fuad

Mr. Fuad El-Hibri is the Executive Chairman of the Board of Emergent BioSolutions Inc. From June 2004 to March 2012, Mr. El-Hibri served as chief executive officer and as chairman of board of directors. Mr. El-Hibri previously served as president from March 2006 to April 2007. Mr. El-Hibri served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of BioPort Corporation from May 1998 until June 2004, when, as a result of corporate reorganization, BioPort became a wholly owned subsidiary of Emergent BioSolutions and was subsequently renamed BioPort as Emergent BioDefense Operations Lansing Inc. Mr. El-Hibri served as chairman of Digicel Holdings, Ltd., a privately held telecommunications firm, from August 2000 to October 2006. He served as president of Digicel from August 2000 to February 2005. Mr. El-Hibri is chairman of East West Resources Corporation, a venture capital and business consulting firm, a position he has held since June 1990. He served as president of East West Resources from September 1990 to January 2004. Mr. El-Hibri is a member of the board of trustees of American University, a member of the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a member of the advisory board of the Yale Healthcare Conference, a member of the board of directors of the International Biomedical Research Alliance, an academic joint venture among the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, Oxford University and Cambridge University, a member of the board of trustees of the National Health Museum, a non-profit institution developing a museum of health sciences, and a member of the advisory board of the Heifetz International Music Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping develop the skills of young musicians. He also serves as chairman of the El-Hibri Charitable Foundation. Mr. El-Hibri received a master’s degree in public and private management from Yale University and a B.A. in economics from Stanford University.